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GIGAR HOLDER. A NO- 454.689. Patented June 23, 1891.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I. sTEAIToN, oFoKA, MONTANA.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,689, dated June 23, 1891.

Application filed November` 11,1890. Serial No. 371,075. (No model.) i

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. STEA'rroN, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Oka, in the county of Meagher and State of Mon- `tana, have invented a new and useful Cigar- `be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a perspective view of my improved cigarholder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, with a cigar in position for smoking. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the stem and the sliding band or collar.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

l designates a tubular stem, which may be provided at one end with a detachable mouthpiece 2, or a mouth-piece may, if desired, be formed integrally with the said stem. The opposite end of the latter is curved downwardly and terminates in a screw-threaded nipple 3, upon which is mounted a detachable receptacle 4, which maybe spherical or of any suitable shape. v

The stem l is provided near its front end with an upwardly extending rearwardlycurvednipple 5, which terminates in a sharp point G, the said nipple being formed of an open tube the inner end of which is connected with the perforation of the tubular stem 1. The latter is preferably square in cross-section, and upon it is slidingly mounted asleeve or collar 7, having on its upper side a ring or band S. The end of the stein l which has the mouth-piece 2 is provided with a cylindrical socket 9 for the reception of said mouth-piece, and at the front end of said socket is formed a shoulder 10, serving as a stop for the sliding sleeve 7.

In operation the sleeve 7, having the band S, is moved to the front end of the holder, and the cigar is adjusted by inserting the curved nipple 5 in the side thereof. The sleeve '7 is 55 then slid in a forward direction until the ring or band 8 encircles the point of the cigar, which is thus held in position. The cigar may now be smoked to the point at which the nipple 5 enters, and it may then be moved in an 6o outward direction upon the holder. By thus moving the cigar by degrees the smoke will be drawn through a short distance of the body of the cigar only, thereby preventing the body of the cigar from being soaked and saturated with the nicotine from the smoke passing through the same. The juice and 'nicotine from the tobacco will naturally pass through the downwardly curved front end of the holder' and into the receptacle 4, which may 7o be readily removed and cleaned When desired. The downcurved front end of the holder and the bulb or receptacle -l also afford a convenient handle by means of which the device may be manipulated. The square sleeve 7 engag- 75 ing the tubular stern l, which is likewise square in cross-section, is thus prevented from turning upon the stem, thus holding the ring or band S in the proper'position for operation.

I am aware that cigar-holders embodying 8o the general principle of my invention were well known prior to myinvention. It has, however, been difticult to attach the cigar to the holder with the requisite degree of security.

I overcome this objection by the peculiar con- 8 5 struction of the nipple 5, which is curved rearwardly, as above described. yWhen this nipple is inserted into the cigar and the holding-ring S is moved into position, the cigar cannot be lifted off the nipple except by ex- 9o erting such force as would cause the leaves and cigar-Wrapper to become torn and bruised. When a straight or forwardly-curved nipple is used, the cigar may drop off by simply inverting the holder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a cigar-holder, the combination, with a tubular stem having a mouth-piece at one Ico end and having its other end downturned and provided with a detachable bulb, said stem 'being provided with a Sliding sleeve or my own I have hereto affixed my signature collar having a ring o1' band on its upper Side, in presence of two Witnesses. of a rearwardly-curved perforated md sharppointed nipple extending upwardly from the VILLIAM J. STRATTON. 5 stem near the front end of the-latter, substau- Witnesses:

tially as and for the purposetset forth. CHARLES E. SEVERANCE,

In testimony that I `claim the foregoing as CHAS. B. CARR. 

